
The Cuban government has begun feeding political prisoner Vladimir Morera Bacallao “against his will,” his wife says, more than 80 days since he began a hunger strike protesting his arrest for hanging an anti-communist sign on his window.
by Frances Martel6 Jan 2016, 11:04 AM PST0

As the White House begins to hint that President Barack Obama would like to visit Cuba before his term is over, a political prisoner freed and re-arrested due to the U.S.-Cuba “normalization” deal has lost cognitive functions as he struggles to survive his 87th day on a hunger strike.
by Frances Martel4 Jan 2016, 2:33 PM PST0

The White House has confirmed that President Barack Obama may visit Cuba in 2016–and says it is looking for ways to let the Cuban “revolution” interpret human rights norms in ways that allow it to retain power.
by Joel B. Pollak3 Jan 2016, 12:16 AM PST0

Vladimir Morera Bacallao, a Cuban dissident allegedly freed as part of President Obama’s deal with Cuba but sentenced to four years in prison shortly after being released, is currently on his 81st day of a hunger strike that has left him in critical condition.
by Frances Martel31 Dec 2015, 10:12 AM PST0

Contents: Central Americans reach agreement on letting Cuban refugees reach the US; ISIS may be linked to massive suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan
by John J. Xenakis30 Dec 2015, 6:03 AM PST0

The more than 8,000 Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica after Castro ally Nicaragua rejected their legal visas will fly over Nicaragua to El Salvador to commence their voyage to the United States, a coalition of Central American nations announced this week.
by Frances Martel29 Dec 2015, 9:00 PM PST0

Seventy-year-old Cuban-American Francisco Morales, who has lived in the United States for 40 years, was arrested in Cuba on December 23 for setting up a public Christmas display featuring an inflatable Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse.
by Frances Martel28 Dec 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

The bishop in charge of the pastoral care of prison inmates in Cuba declared Wednesday that Cuba is holding a number of political prisoners on the island, some of whom are serving long sentences, a claim that Havana has repeatedly denied.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.24 Dec 2015, 6:51 AM PST0

Now that Barack Obama has opened relations with Cuba, his White House wants to defy the U.S. trade embargo held in place by the Congress and permit Major League Baseball to sign Cuban players.
by William Bigelow24 Dec 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

Now that the Obama administration has moved to normalize relations with Cuba, it’s time to end the “unique treatment” of Cubans fleeing oppression, The New York Times argues.
by Caroline May22 Dec 2015, 11:51 AM PST0

One year ago today, President Barack Obama announced a radical change in U.S. policy towards the rogue communist government of Cuba, insisting that funneling new money to the Castro regime would empower “democracy and human rights” n the island. Today, the failure of President Obama’s diplomacy is abundantly clear, as Cuba’s political detention rates skyrocket and thousands more risk their lives to reach the United States before the Castros are emboldened even more.
by Frances Martel17 Dec 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, CUBA— It’s the worst kept secret at Guantanamo Bay: The detainees, in all likelihood, much prefer the detention center here to the conditions faced at a federal facility.
by Jordan Schachtel14 Dec 2015, 5:21 PM PST0

On Saturday, the first flights from the West Coast to Havana, Cuba, were initiated, although must tourists are still banned from visiting Cuba.
by William Bigelow13 Dec 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are seeking compensation for a hotel casino in Cuba he built in the 1950s. Talks between the United States and Cuba regarding claims by Americans to property nationalized after the Cuban revolution opened
by Reuters11 Dec 2015, 4:39 AM PST0

The Cuban government has re-arrested almost all of the 53 political prisoners released in January as part of its “normalization” with President Obama, according to Senator Marco Rubio. The news comes as Cuban police assault and detain dozens of dissidents in anticipation of International Human Rights Day, December 10.
by Frances Martel10 Dec 2015, 7:41 AM PST0

Today, near the media operations center here at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pre-trial hearings will continue at the Guantanamo war court.
by Jordan Schachtel8 Dec 2015, 1:58 AM PST0

US NAVAL STATION GUANTÁNAMO BAY, CUBA—The primary debate during pre-trial proceedings here at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base on Tuesday will revolve around whether female guards are allowed to make contact with detainees.
by Jordan Schachtel7 Dec 2015, 6:16 PM PST0

GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE— More than 14 years after Islamic terrorists took down the Twin Towers, killing thousands of American men, women and children in the process, the man most involved in coordinating the attack remains here at Guantánamo Bay detention camp, unpunished for his crimes.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Dec 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

A coalition of Cuban dissidents representing a number of anti-communist groups on the island have released a video denouncing the Islamist massacre in San Bernardino, California, featuring a moment of silence and a chant denouncing international terrorism.
by Frances Martel4 Dec 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) went to Cuba this week to promote his state’s economic interests and the Obama administration’s new policy of engagement with the regime. He failed to meet, or seek, any of Cuba’s political dissidents or human rights activists.
by Joel B. Pollak4 Dec 2015, 7:22 AM PST0

The governor of Texas wrapped up a three day economic development tour of Cuba on Wednesday without meeting with any Cuban dissidents.
by Bob Price3 Dec 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

A Reuters report takes a look at a new challenge facing the world of Cuba’s lax trademark enforcement: “normalization” of relations with the United States allowing American corporations to challenge copyright violations by small business owners using names like “McDunald” for their burger huts.
by Frances Martel3 Dec 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

The Cuban government has issued a demolition order for every church in the Abel Santamaria district in the southern city of Santiago de Cuba, according to reports from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). The five churches in the neighborhood are slated
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Dec 2015, 1:26 AM PST0

In a meeting between U.S. and Cuban diplomats, the Cuban government urged American officials to change the legal status of Cuban refugees to make it more difficult for those fleeing communism to find asylum, and easier for the communist regime of Raúl Castro to restrict its citizens’ mobility.
by Frances Martel1 Dec 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

Texas Governor Greg Abbott heads for Havana, Cuba, on Monday with a large trade delegation from the Lone Star State. The move comes less than one year after President Barack Obama re-opened diplomatic relations with the nation still under the tight grip of the Castro regime.
by Bob Price30 Nov 2015, 6:54 AM PST0